Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Once in a Blue Moon

I try to be a health conscious individual most of the time, even if it's just to rationalize why I can/should eat something even though I shouldn't. At least I thought about it, right?

There's no rationalizing this one. I just want to eat breakfasts like this once in awhile. I need to. It's a desire that nags at me until I assuage the need. I never liked chicken fried steak until I had the one at Patty's Eggnest in Lynnwood. I liked the idea of it -- steak covered in a seasoned fried chicken batter -- but none ever lived up to the idea. Until I got the Big Foot Special at Patty's. It's an 11oz chicken fried steak with 3 eggs any style, toast, and hash browns. The steak is smothered in a sausage gravy that is the best cream gravy I think I've ever had (normally I prefer brown).

As I've already mentioned, I've been reading Jane and Michael Stern's Two for the Road, and just got past a chapter in which they provide a recipe for chicken fried steak. That started the cravings. I tried to resist; I tried to put it out of my mind. Then I thought about making it myself for the first time using their recipe ... but thought that was a bit unrealistic as if I made it, I'd want to make more than one since I was putting in the effort anyway (and I shouldn't have more than one), and I'd also want all the fixings -- gravy, potatoes, eggs, etc. -- which I didn't necessarily want to take the time to make. So then I kept thinking about going to Patty's ... and I kept thinking it until I went just the other day.

When I got there just before 10am I was told that they were out of the Big Foot -- but had their 6oz portion. Given no choice I had to take it. Just as well since I had leftovers anyway, but it's definitely not as good a deal. And it hit the spot, as expected. I don't think I'll need to have this again for a good long while, but boy did I have a good time while I ate my meal that morning!

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About Me

Growing up in LA and then going to college near Westwood spoiled me with the abundance of readily available, varied foods of cultures from all around the world. While no slouch in this area, Seattle still has a long way to go, particularly with Asian cuisines. Good Chinese food in particular is hard to find (though I could drive 2 hours north to Richmond, Canada, for it). My goal here is to share recipes I've tried and good eats I've found, mostly in Seattle but also wherever I happen to go. I've also got a masterlist of recipes I've posted about.
I can be reached at jeneration[at]live[dot]com.